贵古贱今 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

贵guì古gǔ贱jiàn今jīn

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
trad. 貴古賤今

Also written 貴古賤今【guì gǔ jiàn jīn】

Characters in this word

4

贵

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short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

Pinyin: Guì
Traditional: 貴

Strokes: 9
Frequency: 4834 of 2500

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古

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surname Gu

Pinyin: Gǔ

Strokes: 5
Frequency: 6799 of 2500

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贱

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inexpensive, lowly, despicable, (bound form) (humble) my

Pinyin: jiàn
Traditional: 賤

Strokes: 9
Frequency: 7277 of 2500

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今

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now, the present time, current, contemporary, this (day, year etc)

Pinyin: jīn

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 4454 of 2500

Words starting with 今 Words ending in 今 Anywhere in a word